This legislation contained in 1973 Ga. Laws from page 100 through page 126 struck all of Code Ch. 84-14 and substituted a new Chapter with a complete change in the numbering of Code sections. Our court has heretofore in Dixon v. Rollins, 120 Ga. App. 557 ( 171 S.E.2d 646) and Beets v. Padgett, 123 Ga. App. 68 ( 179 S.E.2d 560) expressly ruled that a broker doing business in Georgia without the required license had no standing to sue. Furthermore, this taint of illegality would also apply to quantum meruit.
[Cit.]" Dixon v. Rollins, 120 Ga. App. 557, 558(1), 559 ( 171 S.E.2d 646). See also Padgett v. Silver Lake Park Corporation, 168 Ga. 759 ( 149 S.E. 180).
Code Ann. ยง 84-1413. See Maxwell v. Tucker, 118 Ga. App. 695, 698 ( 165 S.E.2d 459); Household Finance Corp. v. Johnson, 119 Ga. App. 49 ( 165 S.E.2d 864); Dixon v. Rollins, 120 Ga. App. 557, 559 ( 171 S.E.2d 646). 2.
This result, under New Mexico statutes and decisions, accords with decisions in other jurisdictions. Wegmann v. Mannino, 253 F.2d 627 (5th Cir. 1958); Dixon v. Rollins, 120 Ga. App. 557, 171 S.E.2d 646 (1969); Bradleyv. Banks, 260 So.2d 256 (Fla.App. 1972); Isaquirre v. Echevarria, 96 Idaho 641, 534 P.2d 471 (1975); Wright v. Smith, 105 R.I. 1, 249 A.2d 56 (1969); Hale v. Kreisel, 194 Wis. 271, 215 N.W. 227 (1927). Wrongful Interference with Contractual Relations